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Patented May 11,-1909.

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JOHN EMERY HARRIMAN, JR, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed March 6, 1908. Serial No. 419,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN EMERY Helene MAN, din, of Broohline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Flat-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for supporting a flat-iron with its heated body portion out of contact with the ironing board or other supporting base on which the iron rests when in use, so that the user of the ironcan temporarily deposit it on the supporting base in such position that its heated body will be out of contact with the supporting base, and therefore will not be liable to burn the same, the supporting means being carried by the iron and therefore in condition for use, so that the iron does not have to be transferred from the ironing board to an independent support or holder when its use is temporarily discontinued.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a iiatiron provided with the supporting means embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a rear end elevation of the same. l ig. 3 represents a side view showing the iron supported out of contact with the supporting base. Fig. 4 represents a front end elevation of the con struction shown in the preceding figures. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the wire frame shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Fig. 6 represents a side elevation, and Fig. 7 an end elevation of a flatiron provided with another embodiment of my invention.

The same numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, is a wire frame adapted to be detachably applied to a flatiron, said frame comprising two resilient grip portions 12, adapted to stand at opposite sides of the iandle 13 of a flatiron i l, the said portions being formed to bear upon the upper side or back of the flatiron as shown, anc. being normally separated by a space which is considerably wider than the handle, so that the frame as a whole is adapted to be easily and quickly applied to and removed from the handle. The wire frame also comprises a rear or supporting I portion 15 which is of substantially triangular form, and is so arranged that, when the frame is applied to the iron, said portion 15 1s l adapted to bear on the supporting base in I the position shown in Fig. 3, the frame having a portion 16 which forms a seat for the i rear end of the iron. The frame as a whole constitutes a cradle adapted to support the l iron with its acting face in a substantially i vertical position, the iron being entirely out of contact with the supporting base by which l it is sustained.

{ The above-described frame or cradle is acapted, as above stated, to be readily applied to, and removed from the iron. The grip portions 12 constitute a support for a flexible )ad 17 to protect the hand of the user. The pad or protector may be attached to the grip portions 12 by suitable means such as stitches. Said grip portions are normally separated. from the handle by the resilience of tie ire, and are adapted to be grasped with the protector of the operators hand and moved inwardly by the closing of the hand, against the fiatiron handle.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I show a wire frame composed of resilient grip portions 18, adapted to bear on the back of the iron and to stand at opposite sides of the handle 18, and supporting portions 19 which stand at opposite sides of the body of the iron, the said frame being adapted to support the iron when the same is tipped toward either side from its operative position, the position of the iron relatively to the supporting base being indicated in Fig. 7 where the dotted line 20 indicates the supporting base. in this embodiment of the invention the resilience of the grip portions causes them to stand out from opposite sides of the handle as shown in Fig. 7 so that the frame is adapted to be quickly applied and removed, the grip portions serving as supports for a flexible protector, and be ing adapted to be grasped with said protector and moved inwardly against the sides of the handle.

In each of the described embodiments of the invention the frame is held in engagement with the flatiron only by the closed hand of the operator, the grip portions springing out of engagement with the handle when the pressure of the hand is relaxed so that the frame is free to be applied and removed Without resistance.

It is obvious that my invention may be embodied in other forms of construction without departing from the nature and spirit thereof.

I claim 1. A flatiron support comprising a frame having lateral projections at its lower portion to support the fiatiron when tilted and having a supporting portion formed to bear on the body of a flatiron, and resilient grip portions adapted to stand at opposite sides of the flatiron handle, and normally separated by a space which is wider than the handle, whereby the frame is adapted to be quickly applied to and removed from the handle, said grip portions affording a support for a flexible protector, and being arranged to be grasped with said protector by the operators E hand and pressed inwardly thereby against the handle, and adapted to spring out of engage-ment with the handle, the frame as a whole being adapted to hold the flatiron out of contact with the base which supports it.

2. A flatiron support comprising a frame having lateral projections at its lower por tion to support the flatiron when tilted and having a supporting portion formed to bear on the body of a fiatiron, resilient grip por tions adapted to stand at opposite sides of the fiatiron handle, and normally separated by a space of greater width than the handle, and a flexible hand protector engaged with said grip portions, the latter being arranged to be grasped with the protector by the operators hand and moved inwardly against the handle, and adapted to spring out of engagement with the handle, the frame as a whole being adapted to hold the fiatiron out of contact with the base which supports it. In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN Elv'iERY HARRIMAN, JR. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, P. W. PEZZETTI. 

